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Ted Gioia writes on music, literature and pop culture. Author of 11 books including his newest work Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books, October 2019).

Joined August 2009

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    Hooray! My new book MUSIC has been selected as one of the 15 best books of the year by The Atlantic.

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  2. Daughter of jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb—last surviving member of the historic ‘Kind of Blue’ band—has launched a crowdfunding project to cover her father’s medical and living expenses.

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  4. I was happy to see trumpets and trombones in the Super Bowl halftime show—too bad they were just dancers’ props.

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  5. For Stan Getz's birthday—Lorraine Feather has called my attention to this photo from the archive of her father (jazz critic Leonard Feather). It's nice to see Benny Goodman smiling, but when you have Stan Getz in your band, who wouldn't? (Source: .)

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  6. Super Bowl hasn’t even started, but I’ve already seen the best pass of the day.

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    Performance artist generates virtual traffic jams in Google Maps by pulling a wagon full of smartphones

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  8. Today I'm interviewed on Canadian public radio's Sunday Edition (on CBC Radio 1) about how Beethoven and Bach's images have been cleansed and purified for posterity.

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  9. For some it's Super Bowl Sunday. For others, it's time to celebrate James Joyce's birthday.

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  10. Here's the online auction site where you can buy and sell income streams from popular songs.

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  11. Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to procrastinate when he should have been working on his academic projects.

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  12. Musicologist claims that 'deaf' Beethoven was able to hear his final symphony.

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    Feb 1

    Watch the trailer for 'The Big Lebowski' spinoff starring John Turturro

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    9 Dec 2019
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    Feb 1

    "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas" is one devilishly neat palindrome.

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  17. Feb 1

    Peter Serkin (1947-2020) plays an upright on the street in Brunswick Maine, June 5, 2018.

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  18. Feb 1

    James Karst has been doing invaluable research into the origins of jazz—here he documents one of last public performances of Buddy Bolden, the earliest known jazz musician.

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  19. Feb 1

    RIP, celebrated and visionary concert pianist Peter Serkin, dead at age 72.

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  20. Feb 1

    Why Yale bought 2,700 VHS tapes of 1970s and 1980s horror and exploitation films (no, not for the movies).

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  21. Feb 1

    "It's time for amateurs to reclaim music."

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